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ONIOutline: ONI On the outskirts of Clive Hill, lays the bodies of several victims of a mysterious murder. Among the bodies were 56 years old Biology teacher Albert Walcott, 16 year old student Melissa Jordan, 16 year old student Clive Yuri, 21 and 53 year old security guards Alberto Ramirez and Curtis Gavin, and 12 year old Alice Gary were the only recognisable victims of the Clive hill school murders. When found, the flesh on the victims was pealed of and bodies dismembered. There was one thing they all had in common; they each attacked in Clive hill School on the 31st of October of 2007. In response the school was abandoned.On October 31st 2010, the dismembered body parts of three teenagers, Brad Bailey, Christopher Hitch and Gabe Leech were found on the school playing fields. Friends told police they were dared to go into the abandoned Clive Hill School building at night.Upon Hearing this exorcist, Toshi Takahashi and his team of two trainee exorcist suspect the school is possessed by an Oni (Demon) who is often associated with ghouls (who tend to have an appetite for humans). They are hired by the towns mayor to get rid of this Oni. However, things dont go as planned as the team with an addition of four students who snuck into the school on the same day is faced with constant appearances and taunting of the victims who turn out to be ghouls controlled by a little girl in black clothing-the Oni; now, the exorcist must fight to survive being haunted by an unknown number of ghouls.

ONITitle: Oni The title was inspired by the genre of the project which is supernatural horror. Oni translates into demon from Japanese. We chose this title because it relates to the protagonist Ben Camper, a Japanese writer who became an exorcist to seek revenge for the death of his family. Project type: A hundred and twelve (112) minutes film which will start with a two minute opening sequence about recent murders which is an enigma code (the identity of the killer) followed by introduction of the main characters and their role in the film. Genre: The genre for our project is a Horror (supernatural). By doing so we have to follow the unique codes and conventions of horror since they are meant to play on curious and common fears, shock or scare. For example, Isolated locations, naive teenagers and lots of non-diegetic sound to set the mood. Target audience:Our target audience is mainly teenagers to young adults of both gender since they often enjoy, are curious or are dared to experience the scary atmosphere in dark cinemas where they are most likely to watch it with the amount of spare time they have. Intended Target audience: The target audience are teenagers to young adults of both gender as they often enjoy, are curious or a dared to by their peers to watch horror films which creates a dark and scary atmosphere especially in the darkness of a cinema since they have more spare time. They will be able to relate to the younger characters in the film such as Lucy Graham.Target Audience ProfileGender: MaleAge: 18Occupation: University StudentJoseph is a university student who often hangs out with his friends at the local skate park. He shares a flat with his friend and has a lot of spare time on his hands. He prefers violent and horror orientated films as well as listening to loud music; groups such as Skrillex and Iron Maiden are high on his preference list when it comes to music choices. This person also pays very little attention to fashion tastes, often wearing band tops, black clothes, canvas trainers and spikey bracelets. He has a very rebellious personality and challenges modern society and mainstream norms. He enjoys an array of horror films that involve twists of both a psychological and supernatural nature, as well as ones based on true stories such as Paranormal Activity, Insidious and Saw.

Character breakdown:

Toshi TakahashiA 21 year old Japanese writer who lost his family to a gruesome murder. He suspects an oni is responsible for their deaths, after days of research he finds out about an oni from an old book from his locale priest whose victims are left in a gruesome state similar to that of his family. Since then he has trained and searched for the oni responsible for the death of his family. Now 46, he finally gets information about similar incidents at Clive Hill school.

Two TraineesToshi Takahashi and Jermaine Thompson are 21 year old student exorcists who hope to become full fledged exorcist.

Teenagers18 year old Ace Donald, the captain of Russell Grey school football team who is sneaks into the school to show his confidence to the entire school. (Hebdiges theory that youth is fun and trouble so they resist hegemony (control) through style). He lost his parents in an accident when he was ten so he lives with his uncle, coach of the football team.

17 year old Jane right, cheerleader and Aces girlfriend who joins his quest. ( stereotype of the male gaze theory by Laura Mulvey ) 17 year old David Brown, president of the game club who joins Ace and Jane to show his confidence to Jane and hope she notices him. Only child of the Brown family.17 year old Lucy Graham, Davids best friend who joins him in hopes of them being more than friends.

VISUAL ELEMENTS:LIGHTING, EDITING, CAMERA AND MOVEMENT, COSTUMES, SETTINGS, PROPS, ACTORSCOSTUMES: Costumes are used as representation of the character and their personality. I believe for our demon, and 3 school children's costumes, they will have very contrasting outfits. the demon would wear something very dark, black and scary. and the kids would wear, casual, typical school bright attire. this would help the audience to differentiate the villain from the victimsPROPS: For props our group decided we would try and keep the use of props minimalistic so that it doesnt take away from the realistic aspect of our production. We will use monster claws and a mask to help emphasize the creatures appearance. We will also be using fake blood and body parts to try and heighten the realism of the encounters with the creature. ACTORS: We will be using a group of teenagers roughly aged 16+ in keeping with the modern twist to the filmCAMERA & MOVEMENT: With the use of extreme close ups on our protagonists (gull's) face, this will allow the audience to clearly identify the villains dark and gruesome face, and perhaps even begin to wonder and try and to figure out what sort of expressions he makes over the course of the sequence. As the character also partakes in any sort of activity, the camera will follow his movement dolling, and titling to allow the audience to monitor his behavior. this does create tension, with them wondering what will be his next move.LIGHTING: Using low key lighting, with lots of shadows will help make our locations and characters appear, dangerous, untrustworthy and unsafe.EDITING: it would be great if we used cross cutting as an editing technique. it would be great for our film as the theme is horror and helps to emphasize on fear. The fact that anything could happen at any point in that time would be a Plaisir for the audience, would erupt tension in the dark atmosphere for our audience, preparing them for that dreaded "jump scare".SETTINGS: School, classrooms, hallways, playground/field, streets

Lighting

Low key light will be used to create fear as the characters arent able to see their surroundings; this leaves them vulnerable to an attack so they will have to always be on the look out for the ghouls. Key and back lighting will be used for the demon and ghouls to bring out their dimensions and structure. It also casts shadows on certain parts of their body, this suggests that they can easily blend in with the already dark setting. Other forms of lighting will come from torch lights held by the characters. This further emphasizes fear as it produces very little light compared to the darkness in the setting.In contrast, high key lighting can be used for scenes before the characters go into the school. Audio Elements:

- Soundtrack-Effects (Foley)-MusicAudio:For the soundtrack of the opening sequence we are going to use non diegetic material as it fits the genre of our film, horror. We are also going to use ambient sound effects such as wind, dripping water and footsteps. The effects we are sure we will implement are sound bridge when the video disappear from the screen but the audio continues.Pleonastic is another technique we will implement.Before each moment which contains a jump scare our group has decided that the sound will be abridged to create the effect of calm and relaxation in a moment when this is practically impossible. This effect will be used so we intensify the tension between characters and also the emotions transmitted to the audience.Effects:During the opening sequence there will be different pieces of music to help create the atmosphere and give certain emotions for the scene. Each piece of music will have to fit in with the mood of the scene and the correspond with the attitude of the characters.Non Diegetic Sound and Music: RationaleAs a group we came up with the idea of creating the opening sequence for a supernatural horror as we all had an interest and good knowledge of horror films and the key aspects an elements they incorporate from small film productions to big movie franchises such as Saw. We wanted to put a modern twist on our film so we decided that our main characters would be a group of teenagers around the same age as us and the key location being a school. For this production we will all be using our current knowledge of horror films along with basing characters on how a modern day teenager would possibly handle the situations they may encounter.As a group we all have had experience with acting, filming and also video editing; some of us specialise in certain areas such as video editing and so tend to adopt these roles more however we all bare skills in every role and will be able to further develop ourselves.

Requirements & ResourcesEquipment:Video CameraTripod DollyExternal MicAdjustable Lighting Locations:SchoolClassroomsHallwaysPlayground/FieldStreetsWe chose locations that would best reflect a modern urban area.BudgetFor our budget we did research into all the equipment, props, travel and any other expenses we may encounter.Our final decided budget was: 50. A breakdown is given in detail below:

Constraints & ContingencyProblems We May Encounter:Filming locations changingEquipment failureTime Organisation Accessing Locations Out-Of-HoursLegal IssuesEthical IssuesReligious IssuesRating

To overcome problems such as filming locations changing we have tried to choose locations that we can control such as classrooms and school playgrounds. We also decided to create a production schedule so that everyone knows what is planned and when deadlines are so that all work can be completed on time.For legal issues such as copyright we've tried to make sure not to use any copyrighted music or display brand names unless permission was obtained prior to filming.We considered ethical and religious issues with our production as it contains supernatural creatures and references to demons we tried to make sure we kept it within strict boundaries as not to offend any possible viewers. As a group we decided that the film should be rated an 18 due to the violence and content.